Friday, June 24, 2005
Home Cooked Meal
I finally decided to really break our new kitchen in and cook an actual meal. Since I've been here we've either ordered in (and trust me when I tell you that it's really handy to have pretty much any kind of food imaginable delivered right to your door) or we've eaten heat and eats from Sainsbury's (which are actually pretty good as well).
Anyway, last night I made Chicken and Mushroom Etoufee. It was a recipe I got from the cooking class Blake and I took in New Orleans last September. One of Blake's rugby teammates was supposed to join us but he got stuck at some work function or something so it ended up being just the two of us.
I was actually surprised to find all the ingredients I needed at Sainsbury's (we brought Cajun seasoning from home just in case). I'm still trying to figure out where everything is there. Plus they don't call zucchini zucchini ... they call them courgettes which really throws me off. And apparently you can't buy sticks of butter like you can at home. You buy them in bricks (although they probably don't call them bricks). So I had to do some ciphering to figure out that a half a brick of butter is about a stick of butter. Whew! Does my head hurt!
Anyway, it was nice to have a familiar home cooked meal. Next week I'm going to try to make Swiss Steak and Mashed Potatoes from a couple of my favorite recipes. If it doesn't work out, we could always order in Indian again.
Anyway, last night I made Chicken and Mushroom Etoufee. It was a recipe I got from the cooking class Blake and I took in New Orleans last September. One of Blake's rugby teammates was supposed to join us but he got stuck at some work function or something so it ended up being just the two of us.
I was actually surprised to find all the ingredients I needed at Sainsbury's (we brought Cajun seasoning from home just in case). I'm still trying to figure out where everything is there. Plus they don't call zucchini zucchini ... they call them courgettes which really throws me off. And apparently you can't buy sticks of butter like you can at home. You buy them in bricks (although they probably don't call them bricks). So I had to do some ciphering to figure out that a half a brick of butter is about a stick of butter. Whew! Does my head hurt!
Anyway, it was nice to have a familiar home cooked meal. Next week I'm going to try to make Swiss Steak and Mashed Potatoes from a couple of my favorite recipes. If it doesn't work out, we could always order in Indian again.
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Glad you're finally using your kitchen. Here's a little recipe you might want to try sometime --it's a classic southern dish that's sure to impress your new English friends.
Frito Pie
* 3 cups Fritos corn chips
* 3/4 cup chopped onion
* 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
* 2-1/2 cups chili (your favorite -- homemade, canned, whatever)
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Spread 2 cups of Fritos in a baking dish. Sprinkle half the onion and half the cheese over the Fritos. Pour the chili over the onion and cheese. Sprinkle the remaining Fritos, onion and cheese over the chili.
Bake for 15 or 20 minutes and cheese is bubbly. Serve hot.
Frito Pie
* 3 cups Fritos corn chips
* 3/4 cup chopped onion
* 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
* 2-1/2 cups chili (your favorite -- homemade, canned, whatever)
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Spread 2 cups of Fritos in a baking dish. Sprinkle half the onion and half the cheese over the Fritos. Pour the chili over the onion and cheese. Sprinkle the remaining Fritos, onion and cheese over the chili.
Bake for 15 or 20 minutes and cheese is bubbly. Serve hot.
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: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:30:00 PM
: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:30:00 PM
I was going to send you a trashy Southern recipe too, but instead, I'm going to make you really miss home now. Craig and I are sitting here watching "Loretta Lynn's Haunted Plantation" on the Travel Channel. Apparently, she and her family members have seen several civil war ghosts haunting her plantation. Doolittle didn't see anything, though ... according to Loretta, on her first sighting, "Doo wus out somewheres, I don't know where." Just like a man, isn't it?
Geez, we really need to get lives.
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Geez, we really need to get lives.
# posted by : Friday, June 24, 2005 7:39:00 PM
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